by John Hicks | Jan 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
When a parent starts to realise that their child is showing signs of dyslexia, there can be an ‘A-Ha!’ moment where the parent starts to understand some of the behavioural aspects of the child. My daughter Jess, would often ask me about her homework and...
by John Hicks | Jan 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here is an interesting article from Stephanie Wickens on the Healthista website about her time at school with Dyslexia. After the tragic death of Alan Rickman, 69 of cancer last week, Stephanie Wickens, says that if it weren’t for reading Harry Potter,...
by John Hicks | Jan 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
My daughter was in year 8 of secondary education before my wife and I noticed Jess’ symptoms of dyslexia. From that point on it took a lot of reading around on the internet, trying to understand dyslexia, speaking to our school about how to support Jess and...
by John Hicks | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today I read a fascinating but extremely realistic article from travel writer Joe Marshall about his experience of having dyslexia, the attitudes that he came across at school and his surprise at becoming a professional…. er writer! Click here for more. I was...
by John Hicks | Jan 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Alice Frendo talks about her life at school with dyslexia and how it helped her to develop her own London based private practice as a Dyslexia Specialist helping pupils to thrive at school. Why share my story? The first reason is because I still see that people...
